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Michelle Arrow

Why feminist horror novel The Stepford Wives is still relevant, 50 years on

"Housework’s enough for me": The Stepford Wives is an extraordinary feminist horror novel.

On August 26, 1970, 50,000 women marched down Fifth Avenue in New York City in a Women’s Strike.

Organised by feminist activist Betty Friedan, the march highlighted the fact women still performed the vast majority of domestic work.

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